In recent period, taking into consideration increased number of cases of submitting false documents for illegally obtaining loans from banking institutions, relevant measures were planned and carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, as a result of which, one person was detained on the fact of manufacturing and selling forged documents.

Investigation determined, that accused person, in the beginning of February of current year, in exchange of GEL 750 (seven hundred fifty), manufactured fake bank statement for one of the persons wishing to get a loan from the bank. According to the forged statement citizen was receiving monthly salary of GEL 2 740 (two thousand seven hundred and forty).

As a result of the investigative activities, the money obtained through criminal offence, fake bank statements issued to twenty different persons, stamps of one of the commercial banks and microfinance organizations intended for making forged documents, were seized.

Investigation is underway under the first parts of articles 210, 362 and 208 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 2 to 5 years.
Relevant investigative measures are being continued in order to identify and expose other persons involved in the abovementioned crime.